The Times Higher Education Asia University Rankings 2013 are based on the same criteria as the THE World University Rankings, powered by Thomson Reuters. We judge world class universities across all of their core missions - teaching, research, knowledge transfer and international outlook.

The top universities rankings employ 13 carefully calibrated performance indicators to provide the most comprehensive and balanced comparisons available, which are trusted by students, academics, university leaders, industry and governments.

The Asia University Rankings is based on the same established, trusted and comprehensive performance indicators as THE World University Rankings. Rankings Editor Phil Baty and reporters Chris Parr and Elizabeth Gibney discuss the new movements in the Asia University Rankings 2013 Podcast